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That’s really well explained, Jared. Blocking fake or unwanted traffic is a smart move, it’s crazy how much CPU and RAM those bots can eat up. Another thing you can do is enable rate limiting or use a firewall service like Cloudflare to filter suspicious requests automatically. It helps keep your server stable during traffic spikes.
Also, if you want to be sure your performance issues aren’t caused by hardware limits, you can check if your server has a CPU or memory bottleneck. It shows which part of your setup might be holding things back.